The Comfort Zone

Growth happens when you step out of the Comfort Zone.

Would you agree with that statement?

I do, and then I think about the crap that is ‘uncomfortable’ about the world today. Are we resisting ‘growth’ by fighting back against it? I know it can be argued as such, but IMO, we are resisting insanity. We see it, we hear it, we experience it, but that doesn’t mean we allow it IN ourselves, and I don’t think that is a negative aspect. I am not going to go out and inject a typhoid virus in my body: is that resisting growth? Hell no! Thats just being smart.

Just like I didn’t get The JAB, I did some research on mRNA treatments and the one that popped the bubble was the ‘vax’ they use in modern Chicken Mills,,, The operators of such mills MUST use that vax or their newbreed chicks won’t last long enough for first molt. Their immune systems are so compromised, passed down generation to generation, that they must have boosters to fend off even minor viruses that a free range chicken wouldn’t even notice.

Note, I said their immune systems are compromised,,,

and we are seeing that ‘compromise’ in many active people around the globe. NEVER in my 54 years have I seen so many ATHLETES dropping dead in the prime of their life. People who are in extremely good shape, dying from “Sudden”: whatever the hell thats supposed to mean.

Is that a comfort zone or something else.

I have no problems taking risks, I do push the boundaries to ‘grow’ usually by reading and watching new things that are outside of my current realms, and thats usually how I find one of those ‘didn’t know I didn’t know’s ‘ and that starts a learning process to ‘play catch up’ so that I am not so far over my head I am drowning in gobbledeegook/techspeak. (and why I own a version of Blacks Law Dictionary,,, Pricey but worth it if you want to understand just what a lawyer means by terms like ‘Fair’ or ‘Equitable’. )

But I much prefer to mitigate my risks. Like with Kayaking: I don’t paddle in cold water without dressing accordingly, I never paddle without a PFD, and I always keep a backup paddle (and other gear but that list is bigger than this post will allow) I mitigate risk to my life but making sure there are backup plans in place, a safety net in situations definitely over my head/skill levels. My love for my brudderbyanuddermother, B, is because he helps push my comfort zone in less than level water, and while I have lashed out in frustration, there were several factors involved in that, and while he was the target of the lash-out, he was NOT the reason behind it.

Hell, we push each other every time we get together, in some way shape or form. I probably push his self-education harder than he pushes me in kayaks, and soon we are going to be pushing each other over a finish-line in a kayak race.

hell, right now in my life, I am pushing that comfort zone by making some radical changes in my diet. I need to or I am headed for trouble in just a few years and I can tell by how my body has been reacting to things that just a few years ago wouldn’t have phased it. An immune system that doesn’t ‘bounce back’ so fast, takes longer to catch my breath, little things, but they add up and say “Old Dood”

And then I watch the video of a guy 10 years my senior and see the shape he is in (granted Mark has paddled 6787km in 6 months, he has a flipping six-pack stomach, and for good reason) and then look at my ‘little paunch’ and want to FIX IT!!! Do you think he is in his “comfort zone”? I am sure he has moments where that zone is miles and miles behind him; but he is growing, and learning more about himself and those around him as he travels. I am sure he has seen several different sides of Americans, good and bad, since he crossed over from Canada. (and if he has had trouble other than LEO’s pushing him off at 4am, he hasn’t complained about it.).

You must push your comfort zone or you stagnate, entropy sets in, and entropy KILLS.